Dramatically illustrated with a combination of atmospheric tableaus and photographically detailed portraits by Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Robert Ingpen, this is the story of British polar ...(Read More)

Italian couturier Roberto Capucci is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes, masterful use of color, and use of unconventional materials like raffia, wire, and ...(Read More)

The work of artist Robin Rhode is attracting increasing interest in Europe, the United States, and Asia as well as his native South Africa. Rhode's themes are inspired by the culture and everyday ...(Read More)

In recent decades, many female photographers have used their medium to explore their gender and its role in modern culture. With images ranging from carefully arranged historical tableaux to wry ...(Read More)

In a sweeping cultural history of Russia, stretching from the rise of the Romanovs in 1613 to their downfall three centuries later, Solomon Volkov unwinds the twisted relationship between Russian art ...(Read More)

Renaissance plays and poetry in England were saturated with the rhetorical twists that Latin education made familiar to audiences and readers, yet even a formally educated man like Ben Jonson was ...(Read More)

At the turn of the 20th century, the Rookwood Pottery Studio was probably the most famous American producer of art pottery, achieving an international reputation and consistently promoting artistic ...(Read More)

Roy was Judge Roy Bean, the notorious real-life Justice of the Peace whose life has been the source of biographies, novels, plays, and films. Lillie was Lillie Langtry, the celebrated "Jersey Lily" ...(Read More)

The marriage of Charles I of England was, from the start, a risky arrangement, notes Katie Whitaker, the winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography for her life of Margaret ...(Read More)